The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 24, 1919, Page 17

' ADVERTISEMENTS Come To The Fargo Au’to School || automobile, tractor and w .\ truck schools in the world. Everything necessary to fit you for a high salaried posi- sion as mechanic is here. GET STARTED - NOW Now is the time to come to Fargo. Our school is in full sway and hun- of young men are now tak- ing our courses. Why not you? Write or wire me when you are coming. - Big Mustrated. Folder Free My big illustrated folder explains al my school and courses. Wrme for it. A. L. Bishop, Pres. \d. FARGO SCHOOL OF AUTO v & GAS ENGINEERING : 1225 Front St. Fargo, N. D, LEAGUE VISION NEEDED Butte, Mont. Editor Nonpartxsan Leader: Never before in our history has our government presented such a ridicu- lously helpless appearance. It has lost its ability to function. With the tre- mendous problems of reconstruction pressing upon and almost overwhelm- ing us, our national. congress yawns and drags out a dreary existence from day to day, evidently waiting for the president to return and tell it what to do. But what else could we expect of this corrupt body of nincompoops— granting a few notable exceptions— who have no vision but to serve the interests of graft and plunder? This requires no statesmanship; it requires only the “let alone” policy. And what have they to expect from the return of the president? His parting message to them was that he did not know what to-do with the problems of reconstruction. He would leave all that to our “benevolent business men.” We believe with the Nation that the time has come “for the American people to cease their unthinking wor- ship of their form of government—in many ways one of the most ineffective and irresponsible under the sun—and to set themselves seriously to the task one of the most SHOES Send your size, not your money RAWHID Why we a«itually DO cut t th TEERING PR o fi‘IDDLeEMAN We buy of rebuilding it in accordance with the direct atx;g sell dur{efi 1? teaching of the world’s experience, so you, C. 0. D, on APPROVAL. No back number styles : but_ only one standard RAWHIDE work shoe, something that will out- wear. anything you have ever Double leather soles and heels. Wearproof spe- § cially treated flexibility, ‘and prompt adjustment to new conditions both present and to come, The principles of government of the Nonpartisan league, as put into effect in North Dakota, would fill the re- quirement exactly. Surely the great Dirt and i ‘:v‘?tr:n; roof $3 45 vision and purpose of the League has tongue. A real shoe at a real price. C. 0. D. [ come to the nation for just such a on approval. time as this. We should hail the League -as offering an escape from special privilege anarchy. W. 0. OLDENBURG. GUARANTEE: RAWHIDE SHOES are guaranteed. to be ely as represented and money Wwill be refuuded if found otherwise. RAWHIDE SHOE COMPANY Hennepin Ave. & 3rd St., Minneapolis Remember, $3.45 a pair ON APPROVAL! Bay American Tires Take No Chances Order Them C. 0. D. on Approval Fully Guaranteed; 4000 Miles %flg‘ $24.85 826 10 83.40 33 84x4 25.45 PROPORTIONAL REPRESEN- TATION- . Pomona, Cal. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The Leader has recently made ref- erence to proportional representation for North Dakota. Such representa- tion may be considered as a matter of justice or as a matter of expediency. As a matter of principle every con- siderable group of voters, known as a party, should be represented in the legislature. This is now impossible. Even a large majority of voters are at times virtually disfranchised un- 3 5. 17.75 18.50° 2.75 32x3 85!4’;& 85.85 81 85 4.50 31x4 23.30 24.50 3.25 | 37x5 42.00 45.00 5.50 |.der the present system of represen- Inner Tubes Fully Guaranteed tation. To show the injustice of the present system let us cite the case of Idaho in 1912. The Republicans cast 33 per cent of the total vote, the Democrats 32 per cent, the Progresswes 24 per cent, and the Socialists 11 per cent. Yet of the 77 members in both branches of the Idaho legislature in 1912, the Republicans secured 70. The Republicans had complete con- The Suppl& Company 12th and Hennepin, Minneapolis, Minn. franchised. The Oregon Short Line Railway company owned that party and nothing got by except what it wanted. But inasmuch as most of the other candidates wore the corporation collar, this result probably would have been the same with proportional rep- resentation. No system against the corrupting influence of predatory wealth. ‘It is up to the vot- ers to make proportional representa- tion effective by turning out to the polls and putting in honest officials who will serve the people mstead of serving. privilege. HAROLD WHITTEMOBE. Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers - v e e R A SO LS Letters From Our Readers as to secure responsibility, efficiency, ~ trol of the state, and 67 per cent of . .the voters were thus practically dis- is. proof : CONGRATULATES TOWNLEY Tilden, Neb. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: As one of the first to take up the cudgel in the League movement in North Dakota during the legislative session of 1913, when the farmers were impelled by the urgent necessi- ties to make their demands heard by the special delegation that was dis- patched to Bismarck only to be told by Treadwell Twitchell to “Go home and slop the hogs,” I assume that I may be privileged to extend to our president, A. C. Townley, my con- gratulations upon his recent expres- sions of true democracy. As a leader of an organization, great or small, that has for its. pur- pose economic and political reform, A. C. Townley has no peer. At no time in the history of American po- litical or economic struggle has an in- e dividual who has attained distinction as a leader of men ever expressed any opposition to accepting the presidency of an organization at the hands of those who are by the articles of as- sociation of that organization fully empowered to confer upon h1m the office. Long live the man and his senti- ments so honestly expressed and may his acts cause a sufficient response from all those who love America, lib- erty and real democracy to cause him to know that his life, words and deeds shall not have been spent in vain. P. J. GREEN. THE WORST, YET HARMLESS . Hannah, N. D. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am inclosing a copy of a letter which I wrote to the State Journal,. which was “misconstrued” and answer- ed partly in the issue of that paper for December 5. It is the worst degenerate of all the old-gang sheets. But at that it does not harm the League simply because the intelligent voters pass over such literature .as harmless, crack-brained Jjokes. I joined the League three years ago and my only regret is that the League ‘did not start sooner. We'll stick and we’ll win—that’s my farming and political motto. C. C. MACDONALD. PRAISE FOR SENATOR JOHNSON - W. E. H. Porter of Hansboro, N. D., has sent the Leader a copy of a letter he has addressed to Senator Johnson of California in appreciation of his stand on Russia, which reads as fol- lows: 3 Hansboro, N. D. Hiram Johnson, 5 Washington, D. C. I must write to congratulate you on your courageous conduct in insti- tuting an inquiry regarding the pres- ence of our troops in Russia, a coun- try with which we are not formally at war. We Americans feel great pride in helping to bring the war with the central powers in behalf of the people of those powers, to a success- ful issue. The principles for which we fought, as enunciated by President Wilson, which include self-determina- tion of national affairs by each na- tionality, we have likewise taken se- riously, and no one with a spark of patriotism desires to see our national honor disgraced or the flower of our manhood sacrificed in direct violation of this principle. I can say that if you were to die tomorrow, your name would go down in history immortalized as a stand- ard bearer of national honor. If I can judge by the rank and file of this community, the common people of the nation are behind you. - W. E. H. PORTER. _ PAGE 'smm'm - e e o A Al A A e e e A ADVERTISEMENTS Send No Money PAY THE POSTMAN WHEN SHOES ARRIVE ‘z ]’E RE so0 sure you'll see the wonderful values of theseshoes that we will pay the lhxpgmf charges just to show them to you. t especially for outside work, yet stylish enough to wear anywhere, ArmyLast. Up- pers of chrome leather re tanned by s echl process to resist acids of manure, milk, uo , gas~ oline, etc. and fairly ALIVE with the ‘soft, flex- ible vitality of the finest hides. Soles of best leather known, nailed with expensive brass nmln and leweti to upper on Goodyear lock- stitch ma e, heels and *insole Leather. Sizes6to 12 Extra wide Price Only $3— a pair, prepaid Orderby postcard today. 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